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Gigaset GX Series

Gigaset GX4Processor: Mediatek Helio 20 Helio P23 MT6763V, Mediatek Dimensity 900, Mediatek Mediatek Helio G99
Graphics Adapter: ARM Mali-G57 MP2, ARM Mali-G68 MP4, ARM Mali-G71 MP2
Display: 6.10 inch, 6.60 inch
Weight: 0.27kg, 0.278kg, 0.279kg
Price: 270, 299, 349, 580 euro
Average Score: 80.4% - good
Average of 19 scores (from 28 reviews)
price: 88%, performance: 73%, features: 68%, display: 84%, mobility: 96%, workmanship: 93%, ergonomy: 78%, emissions: 79%

 

Gigaset GX290

Specifications

Gigaset GX290Notebook: Gigaset GX290
Processor: Mediatek Helio 20 Helio P23 MT6763V
Graphics Adapter: ARM Mali-G71 MP2
Display: 6.10 inch, 19.5:9, 1560 x 720 pixels
Weight: 0.279kg
Price: 299 euro
Links: Gigaset homepage

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Reviews

75.9% Gigaset GX290 Review: Mobile phone warhorse with long battery life | Notebookcheck
With a comparatively compact rugged smartphone, Gigaset wants to attract a further clientele and is focusing on a mixture of good equipment, large energy storage and sustainability under the "Made in Germany" flag. You can read in the test whether the recipe is convincing.

Foreign Reviews

Gigaset GX290 Runterfall-Smart­phones in schick oder günstig
Source: Computerbase German DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 11/19/2019
Gigaset GX290 Runterfall-Smart­phones in schick oder günstig
Source: Computerbase German DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 11/19/2019
Gigasets GX290 Riesen-Akku trifft SoC auf Sparflamme
Source: WinFuture German DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 11/12/2019
Gigasets GX290 Riesen-Akku trifft SoC auf Sparflamme
Source: WinFuture German DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 11/12/2019
Gigaset GX290 Outdoor-Smartphone mit Killer-Akku
Source: Tech Stage German DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 10/09/2019
Gigaset GX290 Outdoor-Smartphone mit Killer-Akku
Source: Tech Stage German DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 10/09/2019
Gigaset GX290 Deutsches Rugged-Smartphone mit Maxi-Akku
Source: WinFuture German DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 09/09/2019
Gigaset GX290 Deutsches Rugged-Smartphone mit Maxi-Akku
Source: WinFuture German DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 09/09/2019

 

Gigaset GX290 Plus

Specifications

Gigaset GX290 PlusNotebook: Gigaset GX290 Plus
Processor: Mediatek Helio 20 Helio P23 MT6763V
Graphics Adapter: ARM Mali-G71 MP2
Display: 6.10 inch, 19.5:9, 1560 x 720 pixels
Weight: 0.279kg
Price: 270 euro
Links: Gigaset homepage

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Average Score: 79.5% - good

Average of 2 scores (from 4 reviews)

 

Foreign Reviews

Robust und sturzsicher durch den Alltag
Source: WinFuture German DE→EN
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 11/18/2021
80% Hartes Outdoor-Smartphone mit Power-Akku und kabellosem Laden
Source: Tech Stage German DE→EN
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 05/13/2021
Rating: Total score: 80%
79% Wirkt die Verjüngungskur?
Source: Basic Tutorials German DE→EN
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 03/29/2021
Rating: Total score: 79% price: 80% performance: 80% mobility: 100% workmanship: 80%
Outdoor-Handy Gigaset GX290 plus im Praxis-Test: Darf es etwas mehr sein?
Source: Computerbild German DE→EN
Positive: Powerful hardware; premium design; support waterproof; dual SIM. Negative: Average performance.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 03/25/2021

 

Gigaset GX6

Specifications

Gigaset GX6Notebook: Gigaset GX6
Processor: Mediatek Dimensity 900
Graphics Adapter: ARM Mali-G68 MP4
Display: 6.60 inch, 20:9, 2412 x 1080 pixels
Weight: 0.278kg
Price: 580 euro
Links: Gigaset homepage

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Average Score: 83.6% - good

Average of 10 scores (from 12 reviews)

 

Reviews

82.6% Gigaset GX6 smartphone review - Stable, fast and with replaceable battery | Notebookcheck
The Gigaset GX6 is an outdoor cell phone made in Germany that wants to compete with the top dog Samsung Galaxy XCover 6 Pro with a lot of power, service promise and exchangeable battery. In the test, we take a look at whether the ambitious plans work out.

Foreign Reviews

80% Das beste Outdoor-Smartphone „Made in Germany“
Source: Tech Stage German DE→EN
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 03/14/2023
Rating: Total score: 80%
80% Das beste Outdoor-Smartphone „Made in Germany“
Source: Tech Stage German DE→EN
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 03/14/2023
Rating: Total score: 80%
80% Das beste Outdoor-Smartphone „Made in Germany“
Source: Tech Stage German DE→EN
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 12/07/2022
Rating: Total score: 80%
80% Das beste Outdoor-Smartphone „Made in Germany“
Source: Tech Stage German DE→EN
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 12/07/2022
Rating: Total score: 80%
90% Robustes und schickes Outdoor-Smartphone
Source: Basic Tutorials German DE→EN
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 11/09/2022
Rating: Total score: 90% price: 90% performance: 95% mobility: 100% workmanship: 100%
90% Robustes und schickes Outdoor-Smartphone
Source: Basic Tutorials German DE→EN
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 11/09/2022
Rating: Total score: 90% price: 90% performance: 95% mobility: 100% workmanship: 100%
95% Outdoor Made in Germany
Source: Chip.de German DE→EN
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 10/26/2022
Rating: Total score: 95% performance: 92% features: 97% display: 90% mobility: 99%
95% Outdoor Made in Germany
Source: Chip.de German DE→EN
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 10/26/2022
Rating: Total score: 95% performance: 92% features: 97% display: 90% mobility: 99%
Outdoor-Smartphone Gigaset GX6 aus Deutschland im Praxis-Test
Source: Computerbild German DE→EN
Positive: Fast and wireless charging; good stamina; robust and waterproof; support 5G. Negative: No ultra wide angle; dark display.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 02/10/2023
Outdoor-Smartphone Gigaset GX6 aus Deutschland im Praxis-Test
Source: Computerbild German DE→EN
Positive: Fast and wireless charging; good stamina; robust and waterproof; support 5G. Negative: No ultra wide angle; dark display.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 02/10/2023
73% Test Gigaset GX6 : Un smartphone robuste mais trop cher
Source: Charles Tech French FR→EN
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 01/18/2023
Rating: Total score: 73% performance: 60% display: 80% mobility: 90%
73% Test Gigaset GX6 : Un smartphone robuste mais trop cher
Source: Charles Tech French FR→EN
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 01/18/2023
Rating: Total score: 73% performance: 60% display: 80% mobility: 90%

 

Gigaset GX4

Specifications

Gigaset GX4Notebook: Gigaset GX4
Processor: Mediatek Mediatek Helio G99
Graphics Adapter: ARM Mali-G57 MP2
Display: 6.10 inch, 19.5:9, 1560 x 720 pixels
Weight: 0.27kg
Price: 349 euro
Links: Gigaset homepage

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Average Score: 74% - average

Average of 4 scores (from 4 reviews)

 

Reviews

78.1% Gigaset GX4 Review: The sustainable rugged smartphone | Notebookcheck
Gigaset's GX4 is a robust rugged smartphone that brings along many forgotten virtues: An exchangeable battery, audio jack, and microSD support. But that is not all, Gigaset also provides a long update supply. There are some compromises to be made, however, which we detail in our review.

Foreign Reviews

88% Gigaset GX4 Das perfekte Outdoor-Smartphone?
Source: Basic Tutorials German DE→EN
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 03/09/2023
Rating: Total score: 88% price: 90% performance: 80% mobility: 100% workmanship: 100%
88% Gigaset GX4 Das perfekte Outdoor-Smartphone?
Source: Basic Tutorials German DE→EN
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 03/09/2023
Rating: Total score: 88% price: 90% performance: 80% mobility: 100% workmanship: 100%
60% Gigaset GX4 - test outdoorowego smartfona dla osób aktywnych i… budowlańców?
Source: ITHardware.pl Turkish PL→EN
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 03/19/2023
Rating: Total score: 60%
60% Gigaset GX4 - test outdoorowego smartfona dla osób aktywnych i… budowlańców?
Source: ITHardware.pl Turkish PL→EN
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 03/19/2023
Rating: Total score: 60%

 

Comment

Gigaset:

Gigaset Communications GmbH is a manufacturer of DECT phones, tablets and smartphones, headquartered in Germany and originated from a subsidiary of Siemens, but has been part of Arques Industries since 2008.

The market shares in the smartphone range are just as low as the amount of test reports. The achieved ratings are average (as of 2016).


Non demanding games should be playable with these graphics cards.

ARM Mali-G71 MP2: Integrated GPU that can be found e.g. in the Mediatek Helio P23 SoC with 700 or 770 MHz clock speed. Supports OpenGL ES 3.2, Vulkan 1.0, OpenCL 2.0, DirectX 11 FL11_1 and RenderScript.

ARM Mali-G68 MP4: Integrated mid range graphics card with 4 clusters based on the Valhall architecture. 

Only some 3D games with very low demands are playable with these cards.

ARM Mali-G57 MP2: Integrated mid range graphics card with 2 clusters. Based on the Valhall architecture.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.


Mediatek Helio 20:

Helio P23 MT6763V: ARM-based octa core SoC (4x Cortex-A53 for power efficiency and 4x Cortex-A53 for performance) for smartphones and tablets.

Mediatek :

Dimensity 900: The Dimensity 900 is a fast mid-range SoC with an integrated 5G modem. It includes two fast ARM Cortex-A78 cores at up to 2.4 GHz and six power efficient Cortex-A55 cores at up to 2 GHz.

Mediatek Mediatek:

Helio G99: ARM based octa-core SoC with 2x big ARM Cortex-A76 cores and 6x small and power efficient ARM Cortex-A55 cores. All clocked up to 2.2 GHz. Integrates a Cat-13 LTE Modem (4G) and a ARM Mali-G57 MP2 graphics card. Compared to the older Helio G96, the G99 is manufactured in the more recent 6nm process and clocks higher.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.


» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.


No weight comment found (one expected)!


80.4%: This rating is slightly above average, there are somewhat more devices with worse ratings. However, clear purchase recommendations look different.

» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.

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Stefan Hinum (Update: 2021-04-24)